History Blog

March 27

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Frederick Henry Royce(1863–1933) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe(1886–1969) Gloria Swanson(Svensson 1899 –1983) ; Michael York–81 Arthur Evans–81 Bart Conner–65 Quentin Tarantino–60 David Koz–60 Kevin Corrigan–54 Mariah Carey–53 Nathan Fillion–52 Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson–48 Blake McIver Ewing–38 Holliday Grainger–35 ; 1794 – President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy ; 1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens